Legal and disciplinary action will be taken against the Palestinian detainee, and he could be charged with assault.

The detainee will be held in detention until the completion of proceedings after he was arrested for illegally entering Israel and misleading a police officer.

After being brought into the holding facility Sunday afternoon, the detainee was visited by the psychiatrist who was supposed to take the Palestinian in for a medical examination.

As the jailers opened the cell door, for reasons yet unknown the Palestinian jumped on the awaiting psychiatrist and bit him on his nose. The Palestinian was quickly apprehended by the officers and returned to his cell.

An MDA
paramedic team was alerted to the detention facility and they administered first aid on the bitten shrink, later evacuating him to the Jerusalem hospital.